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  • The Perfect Villain

    John McCain and the Demonization of Lobbyist Jack Abramoff

    by Gary S. Chafetz ...
    Gary S. Chafetz, a Boston journalist, set out to chronicle the scandal involving the gun-for-hire and super-lobbyist, Jack Abramoff. Instead, he uncovered a Shakespearean tragedy of deceit, betrayal, and political vendetta, in which the true villains were 2008 Republican nominee for President, Sen. John McCain; The Washington Post newspaper; and the US Department of Justice--all of whom ... Read more

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  • Hubris

    How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain

    by Ray Perman ...
    In 1995 Bank of Scotland celebrated 300 years as Britain's oldest commercial bank. Voted 'most admired bank', respected by competitors, applauded by investors and trusted by customers, it looked forward to the next three hundred. Less than 15 years later it was bust, reviled as part of the spectacular collapse of HBOS, the conglomerate it had joined. One of the high-profile victims of the credit ... Read more

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  • The New Cold War

    How the Kremlin Menaces both Russia and the West

    by Edward Lucas ...
    Revised and updated with a new preface on the Crimean crisis______________________________________'An impressive polemic arguing that the West still underestimates the danger that Putin's Russia poses ... A useful appeal for vigilance' - Sunday Times'Highly informed, crisply written and alarming ... Wise up and stick together is the concluding message in Lucas's outstanding book' - Micha... ... Read more

    $12.49 USD

  • Thirteen Tactics for Realistic Radicals

    from Rules for Radicals

    by Saul Alinsky ...
    Series series A Vintage Short
    A Vintage Shorts SelectionFrom the founder of modern radical activism in America, Saul Alinsky, whose the bestselling classic Rules for Radicals has reinvigorated the political left in America. “Organizational genius” Alinsky lays out the thirteen rules that all have-nots must follow to wage a successful campaign against the haves. Wielding tremendous influence to this day, and used as a bible by ... Read more

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  • The Battle

    How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future

    by Arthur C. Brooks ...
    America faces a new culture war. It is not a war about guns, abortions, or gays -- rather it is a war against the creeping changes to our entrepreneurial culture, the true bedrock of who we are as a people. The new culture war is a battle between free enterprise and social democracy.Many Americans have forgotten the evils of socialism and the predations of the American Great Society's welfare ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Taking It to the Hill

    The Complete Guide to Appearing Before Parliamentary Committees

    by David McInnes ...
    Series series Governance Series
    The standing committees of the House of Commons and Senate make it possible for practically any person or group to access the policy-making process and become a lobbyist. This handy and complete guide coaches prospective witnesses to do it right. Targeted primarily at those who have a stake in advancing a cause "on the hill," this guide reveals the lessons and advice of experienced ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Slumming It

    The Tourist Valorization of Urban Poverty

    by Fabian Frenzel ...
    Have slums become 'cool'? More and more tourists from across the globe seem to think so as they discover favelas, ghettos, townships and barrios on leisurely visits. But while slum tourism often evokes moral outrage, critics rarely ask about what motivates this tourism, or what wider consequences and effects it initiates. In this provocative book, Fabian Frenzel investigates the lure that slums ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Big Brother Watch

    The State of Civil Liberties in Britain

    by Alex Deane ...
    The debate about our DNA database, the largest per capita in the world, has dominated headlines throughout the last few years. Britain has more CCTV cameras than any other country in the world, and even more are being installed - including in private homes, facing out into the street. With the Intercept Modernisation Programme, the current government plans to record details of every telephone call ... Read more

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  • The Vulnerability Thesis: Interest Group Influence and Institutional Design

    by Lorelei Moosbrugger ...
    Where politics is dominated by two large parties, as in the United States, politicians should be relatively immune to the influence of small groups. Yet narrow interest groups often win private benefits against majority preferences and at great public expense. Why? The “vulnerability thesis” is that the electoral system is largely to blame, making politicians in two-party systems more vulnerable ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • If This Be Treason

    by Helen Joseph ...
    Helen Joseph, founding member of the ANC’s ally, the Congress of Democrats, was one of the main organisers in the Women’s March of 9 August 1956. Arrested on a charge of high treason in 1956, and banned the next year, Helen suffered constant persecution. The first person in South Africa to be placed under house arrest, she survived several assassination attempts. In this personal account, Joseph ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The 2012 Election and Beyond

    Why the Selfish Coalition of the Superrich, the Fundamentalists, and the Closed-Minded Should Be Defeated

    by Gieseril ...
    The United States stands at a pivotal intersection, and the election of 2012 will determine whether it chooses the right or wrong path to travel down.Voters must decide whether to support a selfish philosophy or one that seeks to help the less fortunate. The superrich, fundamentalists, and closed-minded are battling those who rely on science, history, and compassion.This extended essay explores ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Where Are The Unions?

    Workers and Social Movements in Latin America, the Middle East and Europe

    by Peter Waterman ...
    The start of the twenty-first century has been marked by global demands for economic justice. From the pink tide and Arab spring to Occupy and anti-austerity, the last twenty years have witnessed the birth of a new type of mass mobilisation.Where Are The Unions? compares, for the first time, the challenges faced by movements in Latin America, the Arab world and Europe. Workers' strikes and ... Read more

    $28.39 USD